Posted: 4/19/2015
Trigger
Here is the relevant excerpt from the above article (emphasis added):
““Negotiaters attempted to talk to him via a remote PA system, but that is not the optimal way of talking to him, so the decision was made to deliver a phone to him. The safest way to do that and not cause confrontation was to use a robot.
“[Because] delivering food is a way of encouraging someone to do something we want them to do, we sent pizza with phone. We [instructed the subject] that if he wanted the pizza released, to pick up the phone. The robot was holding the pizza, it released the pizza once the subject picked up phone to talk to negotiators.
“The robot was also equipped with cameras, audio, and a speaker, so we were able to get a closer look at [the subject], see how he was armed, see what he did with knife, and observe facial expressions, to see if he appeared agitated.”
It is quite possible that the next human in distress may not trust a robot anymore. Or that a robot would be used to incapacitate the suicidal person.
Humans Rescued By A Robot
What a great future for robotics! Would this not increase the acceptance of robots in our daily lives?
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